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Excerpt from My Experiences of the War Between France and Germany, Vol. 2 of 2 Having returned to England for a few days after quitting Metz, it became my duty to proceed to the vicinity of Paris, to act as one of the watchers of the terrible drama which was being slowly but steadily played out with the beautiful metropolis as the centre of interest. The siege of Paris may be said to have commenced on the 21st of September, on which day the l...

Excerpt from My Experiences of the War Between France and Germany, Vol. 1 of 2IT is right to state that a large proportion of the material of these two volumes consists of letters con.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct...

Excerpt from Glimpses Through the Cannon-Smoke: A Series of Sketches The interval between the declaration of the Franco-German war of 1870-71, and the "military promenade, " at which the poor Prince Imperial received his "baptism of fire, " was a pleasant, lazy time at Saarbrucken, to which pretty frontier town I had early betaken myself, in the anticipation, which proved well founded, that the tide of war would flow that way first. What a pi...

Excerpt from Chinese Gordon: A Succinct Record of His Life The good fortune has never come to me to know General Gordon, and this little volume makes no pretence to be anything more than a compilation and an abridgment. There are two authoritative works on General Gordon's career - Dr. Andrew Wilson's "Ever Victorious Army, " and Mr. Birkbeck Hill's "Colonel Gordon in Central Africa, " which last has a special value, consisting as it does for...

Excerpt from Barracks Bivouacs and Battles Mick Sullivan was a private soldier in G troop, 30th Light Dragoons, of some six years' service. Since the day old Sergeant Denny Lee 'listed him in Charles Street, just outside the Cheshire Cheese, close by where the Council door of the India Office now is, Mick had never been anything else than a private soldier, and never hoped or needed hope to be anything else if he served out his full twenty-fo...

Excerpt from The Life of Napoleon the Third Memoirs, 'he (napoleon) called my attention to a lady who sat Opposite at dinner, and the way in which I answered his questions appeared to give him much pleasure. He then talked a great deal to me about her, her family, and her amiable qualities he told me that he should probably marry her as he was convinced that the union would make him happy. I also gathered from my conversation that his marriag...

Excerpt from The War Correspondence of the Daily News, 1877: With a Connecting Narrative Forming Owing to the large number of the Special Correspondents whose letters are now republished, and in order that each of them may have credit for his own labours, a conventional sign has been appropriated to each correspondent and prefixed to his letters, by which his writings may be distinguished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundr...

Excerpt from Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 2He was successful in forcing their first line, but it was at a desperate cost of life. The troops he was opposing - swarthy mercenaries though they were, and they were nothing else - had learnt the art of war under De Boigne, a general as brave and able as Lake himself. On their standards were emblazoned the names of many hard-won, but now forgotten, victories, of which they were justly pro...

Excerpt from Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Vol. 3Plan of Sherman's March to the Sea: Sketch Maps Federal tr00ps on the march Savannah from the river Federal troops destroying telegraph wires They wrought hard, but the con¿agrations continued to increase Mouth of the Savannah The Confederate ¿ag. Dresden The Battle of Leipzig: Plan Napoleon I. The allied staff at Leipzig Leipzig: the Market Place Napoleon rode away with a small Stiite thro...

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Soldiering and Scribbling a Series of Sketches is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hanseb...

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Soldiering and scribbling - A series of sketches is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hans...